Act Eleven, Second Episode, Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(born Edo, Japan, 1797; died Edo, Japan, 1858)
Dateearly 1840s
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsSheet Overall: 10 x 14 3/4 in. (25.4 x 37.5 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Al and Betsy Buck in memory of Alfred Eliab Buck and Ellen Baker Buck
Object number2006.19.6
DescriptionA group of soliders at right on the shore. At left three others are leaving in a boat. This scene in Act XI is described as:Second Episode. The ronin, headed by Yuranosuke and Rikiya, in the sunrise of early morning making their way to the Temple of Sengakuji with the head of their enemy, which one of the ronin carries in a kind of urn. tomo-ye (bamboo) border.On View
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